On the French-controlled island of Reunion, stray dogs and cats, both LIVE and dead, are being used as shark bait. Large hooks are plunged into their noses and/or paws, and they are then tossed into the ocean to draw sharks. Please sign this petition to s

Saturday November 30, 2013, 10:31 pm
On the French-controlled island of Reunion, stray dogs and cats, both LIVE and dead, are being used as shark bait. Large hooks are plunged into their noses and/or paws, and they are then tossed into the ocean to draw sharks. Please sign this petition to stop this barbaric practice!

Surpringly, Stephanie Roche of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, another animal-welfare group in Paris, confirmed that live animals are used as bait on Réunion. But, she said, it is not a common practice

Sunday December 1, 2013, 3:50 am
Signed 2 not done before. This is so awful...i can't imagine the fear and pain these innocent animals endure. Disgusting that such a large percentage of mankind is so evil. Thx Krish

Sunday December 1, 2013, 8:34 am
OMG, do not believe that humans can do such horrible things to others. the dog looks like mine...signed & noted & shared - thank you Krish & thank you Debbie for sharing

Sunday December 1, 2013, 9:48 am
Signed & Noted! Thank you Debbie! I thought I ALREADY signed this, but maybe there was a petition on here that I signed? Not sure, but, in any case....this is just so disgusting, I HOPE I DID SIGN IT MORE THAN ONCE!

Sunday December 1, 2013, 11:28 am
Signed all the petitions and noted. Cruel, barbaric, horrible, sadistic. Sometimes you just want to take these people and............ you can fill in the rest. Thank you Krish and thanks to Debbie for forwarding.

Sunday December 1, 2013, 12:11 pm
It doesnt seem to say who it is addressed to, i expected it to say the French consulate or the French government but it doesnt seem to have a target name. France doesnt exactly have a good name when it comes to animals...
... Signed
with 22,967 supporters

Cruelty abounds. I don't understand how anyone can do this to another living creature. I will never understand the barbarity. Anyone caught doing this should be used for shark bait themselves because they don't deserve to live in civilized society.

Sunday December 1, 2013, 1:59 pm
noted and signed. I am afraid I feel absoloutely sick and horrified at this. How would the people doing this feel if they were used as shark bait. It is sick and horrific I cannot find words strong enough to evoke my horror at this.

Sunday December 1, 2013, 4:35 pm
Signed and noted. Anyone who does this should be used as shark treats! Like others here I find myself in tears.To the spammer who jkeeps popping up here, you are horrible for trying to make money while people are discussing something so awful. You sicken me.

Sunday December 1, 2013, 6:51 pm
I signed 2 I had not signed before.
When I see this photo or put myself in their place i am so sick and I am scared /hurting like hel*. It breaks my heart. We have some of the worst beings in this world.The worst killers and beings that don't care or feel about pain ,hurting or torture/slaughter.murder.

How do you stop it and WHY is this legal??!!!/ WHY..

The first time i saw that photo and a couple others with a hook like that i almost died. I wanted to die to be honest but then they still would be left alone in this world. I will hate and hate people like this forver and more and more. I don't hold guns or own guns but I would have to kill someone that I saw doing this. I would a have to!! They wont stop. In my mind going around killing every person you see doing this and everything else like poaching would be fine.

It wont be the answer but that person is not going to stop . If they can do this ,they can do more...

I'm sorry I have gone on a rant here but I am hurting for these animals. For that baby in the photo . No one needs to tell me i have to relax and forgive people like this. I forgive too much already and always in this world generally but never ever towards people like this.

If you actively hunt and you are the nicest person ,I would not have anything to do with you. I do Judge the murder of other living souls.
TY Krish!! I will go back and check more here. In the past I have signed 2 other petitions that i know of. One probably was the causes website!!??. Not sure.

Patricia Raven
Sunday December 1, 2013, 1:59 pm
noted and signed. I am afraid I feel absoloutely sick and horrified at this. How would the people doing this feel if they were used as shark bait. It is sick and horrific I cannot find words strong enough to evoke my horror at this.
**Patricia I think I'm overwhelemed and having the same problem. I don't write well. I think your words sound about right.

Sunday December 1, 2013, 10:18 pm
There have been rumours of this kind of barbaric behaviour in a place not far from where I live. It seems to be an open secret but based on some of the stories I've heard, I'd say it's true. It makes me sick to my stomach to think of what people are capable of doing. Signed and noted and thanks for posting Krish and thank you Debbie for forwarding.

Sunday December 1, 2013, 11:55 pm
Noted and signed - this is beyond cruelty, beyond unforgivable and beyond redemption. We animal advocates need to round up the filthy scum that permeates this earth and shove hooks through their jacks and throw them into the ocean for the sharks to feed off. Dear God what sub humans do is beyond my comprehension!

Monday December 2, 2013, 2:32 am
This is just terrible, how low can humans go??!! It's seems it's a bottomless pit of evil and uncaring. I wish each human cruel to any creature is punished twice for each of his deeds. Thank you for posting Krish. Noted and signed.

Monday December 2, 2013, 8:00 am
This is heartbreaking...these people cannot have souls,hearts,feelings...they must take a perverse pleasure ,otherwise HOW in Gods name could they do such things to living innocent strays who already suffer...is there a God?I don't know anymore.This is supposed to be his creation that are being subjected to unimaginable suffering...so why does he not wipe them all out?! PLEASE!!!!

Monday December 2, 2013, 9:16 am
What in the world could have happened to a person to cause them to do this? They need serious help. This practice is unconscionable and must be stopped. Noted, signed & shared.

Tuesday December 3, 2013, 3:54 am
Just when you think you've heard the worst people do to dogs, this. We need, as a society, to come up with a punishment that will make morons thing really hard about doing something like this and it's not a fine or a court order telling them to stay away from dogs.

Tuesday December 3, 2013, 8:51 amhttp://www.seashepherd.org/get-involved/rewards.html
Sea Shepherd is offering a Reward of Euro 1,000 for catching these acts..
€1,000 (Euros)
For the first successful conviction of a fisherman using a dog or cat as shark bait and €200 for each conviction thereafter

Dogs and cats are also involved in an assault on nature, this time as victims and as bait. On the French island of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean, fishermen have been using live dogs and cats as bait for sharks.

This practice is specifically outlawed by French law but the law, as in many places throughout the world, is ignored by fishing communities who apparently believe they are above the law.

The dogs and cats have hooks passed through their snouts or through the tendons in their legs and the hooks are attached to lines and rods. The hapless animals are then tossed into the water where their struggles attract sharks.

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has sent a message to the police in La Reunion offering a reward of €1,000 (Euros) for the first successful conviction of a fisherman using a dog or cat as bait and €200 for each conviction thereafter.

The following letter was sent to the Chief of Police on La Reunion Island:

To: The Police
La Reunion Island

The international Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is offering a reward of 200 Euros to any police officer who successfully enforces the law prohibiting the use of dogs and cats as bait for the catching of sharks.

The Society is offering a reward of 1,000 Euros for the first conviction and 200 Euros for each conviction thereafter.

The reward will be paid upon the successful conviction of any person found guilty of using dogs or cats as bait in shark fishing as defined by the laws of France that specifically outlaw this practice.

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society wishes to advise all police captains that they may submit the names of officers who have arrested suspects for using dogs or cats as shark bait and that the reward will be paid directly to the officer or officers upon a successful conviction.

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Wednesday December 4, 2013, 12:31 pm
Just looking at that picture of that poor dog with a hook in his mouth is maddening. I am so angry! The monsters who do this should be lined up and used as shark bait themselves. What the f..k! Don't people have a heart, a soul, a conscience?. These strays don't stand a chance. I am out of words. Will fwd. Ty Krish and Laetitia for the fwd. I hate these lousy bastrards..........

Wednesday December 4, 2013, 12:34 pm
signed-despite my reservations( what good could a petition do targeting "To:Stray animals used as shark bait ")?!!
Hero Watson may hopefully have more success, and yes, I too remember this and we've signed before-to what avail??

Wednesday December 4, 2013, 1:38 pm
The practice is illegal!! I have signed many petitions so far, regarding this horrific practice !! Nothing has changed, Fishermen in la Reunion don't care about the law !! Bande d'enf.....és !! Thanks Laetitia for forwarding !!!
Signed and commented !!

Wednesday December 4, 2013, 3:34 pm
Noted and signed with this comment ~ Because this is shocking cruelty to innocent animals and so upsetting to think of their suffering,pain and fear!!!!!!!!!!!! What kind of so called human would want to do such a barbaric thing to any animals,heartbreaking picture!!!!! Thank you Krish and henriette for the fwd.Liz Xx

Wednesday December 4, 2013, 5:58 pm
Since years I'm signing petitions on that issue and no one worked.
I sign of course, but may be there is some thing more to do, or directly accuse the french authorities in the Réunion and in France, may be put a petition in the European community!!!

Wednesday December 4, 2013, 6:05 pm
Krish, La Reúnion is totally french. it's a "departement d'Ooutre-Mer" i.e, is as french as any administrative circonscription of same rank in France. By the fact, I lived 5 years here when I was a child.

Wednesday December 4, 2013, 9:07 pm
I am ashamed to admit that I am partly French! How could ANYONE do something like this. It is just so evil and cruel and dispicable that surely the people that do it must be sub-human sadists. It just breaks my heart to think what usffering these animals must go through. I feel really really sick at the thought of it and I am sure you do too!

Wednesday December 4, 2013, 9:29 pm
Signed with following comment: French authorities must stop this absolutely abhorrent practice now! When this terrible cruelty is going on in any place associated with a Country, it also reflects negatively on that Country, its people, and its govt. I urge the French govt. to make this practice illegal now with severe penalties for anyone who commits such evil acts to these poor dogs and cats! These animals are sentient beings with feelings just like humans! To ignore this extreme cruelty would be tantamount to being complicit in such horrific cruelty. Please let humanity prevail over this brutal cruelty by taking action immediately!

12,380 signatures still needed! Please everyone share on FB, twitter and all social media venues. We need to get a lot more signatures so that this horror will be stopped!

Thursday December 5, 2013, 6:07 am
Thanks for the post - this is absolutely horrific - I can't believe the mentality of people who can do this - are they Cheney's offspring? He's the only being that I would know who could act in such an inhumane way!

Thursday December 5, 2013, 2:26 pm
Sadly noted and already signed on every site this petition has been. The thought that anyone would use a dog or a cat or any other 'live' (or 'dead') animal as 'shark bait' is nauseating - it sickens me beyond belief. The graphic picture that is used for this petition has me concerned though - I just hope it doesn't give 'ideas' to the wrong people - I pray! However, for as many times that I have seen it, (and cannot get that imagine out of my head) - I have signed against such monstrous practices and thank those who have also signed any petitions regarding this because this (and ALL) kind of cruelty needs to be STOPPED. There is no excuse for it - ever.

Thursday December 5, 2013, 10:28 pm
Just horrifying! I can't wrap my head around so much of what I see and read on and off Care2! How we're not all insane I don't know! I would guess what keeps us all sane is the will and determination to try and stop all this horror for all human beings and all animal beings.
Thank you Krish Signed & noted and sickened

Friday December 6, 2013, 11:21 am
"Sickening" is the right word.
Also, the sharks need to be left alone, no: we need to leave the sharks alone, even for our own sake, rather than drive them to extinction, as they play a vital role in the oceans' ecology!

Friday December 6, 2013, 3:13 pm
Noted and Signed ! This is HORRIBLE ! These are Pets ,and should be Loved,NOT being ABUSED and MURDERED ! Just makes me SICK ! Laws need to set in place to Protect Pets from this ! Those people doing this to Pets are DISCUSTING PIECES OF SHIT ! I hope the Sharks get the people instead of the pets !

Friday December 6, 2013, 4:47 pm
Signed and shared - This is really upsetting when you think you have heard all the cruelty done in this world this is posted - Thank you for posting it, we need to know about the demons out there and the pain and hardship they inflict on animals. When you go for the big white shark you might consider going after a homeless person.

Friday December 6, 2013, 10:41 pm
Signed. The mentality of these sick bastards is beyond words. This makes me sick to my stomach, there is so much evil out there all over the world being done to animals. This is to barbaric and unimaginable, stop these devils before they harm other animals.This kind of scum needs to be wiped off the earth!

Saturday December 7, 2013, 3:37 am
This is just plain sick. Anybody caught should be subjected to incarceration and intense psychiatric treatment for a number of years. Sell their boat and any other property and that will finance it.

This practice is ridiculous. Sharks are commonly caught on dead bait. Sharks are not very discriminating. So using pets for bait is doubly egregious. I would throw those involved into the deepest, darkest cell and never let them out.

Saturday December 7, 2013, 6:14 pm
Signed, noted, recommended and shared!
These people need to be rounded up, have hooks shoved through their faces and bodies and then thrown into a pit all together, to just rot in severe pain, with nothing!

They kill one ("the bait") to kill another ("the catch") while killing yet another ("the by-catch") -- gross (!), and yet a common practice in the fishing industry. The fact that the fishermen have chosen abandoned dogs and cats as "shark bait" speaks volumes about their ethics, or, its lack thereof.

The police officers should investigate that which is in breach of the law without being or having to be offered any "rewards" for that by anyone other than their employer! That should be a matter of course...

Monday December 9, 2013, 2:49 pm
Noted and signed. If there is even a slight chance this is happening, them I am glad to take the time to sign the petition.I have also seen it before and signed before.

Thursday January 9, 2014, 3:52 pm
Is it any wonder I ache such allow opinion of most of the human species. We are not all like this but those who care seem to be in the minority dry often. I say ram some rods up the noses of those doing this and throw the to the sharks although it would probably make them (the shark) sick. I have little patience for people like this.

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